General Chemistry

The 11th edition offers enhanced hallmark features, new innovations and revised discussions that that respond to key market needs for detailed and modern treatment of organic chemistry, embracing the power of visual learning and conquering the challenges of effective problem solving and assessment. KEY TOPICS: Matter: Its Properties and Measurement; Atoms and the Atomic Theory; Chemical Compounds; Chemical Reactions; Introduction to Reactions in Aqueous Solutions; Gases; Thermochemistry; Electrons in Atoms; The Periodic Table and Some Atomic Properties; Chemical Bonding l: Basic Concepts; Chemical Bonding ll: Valence Bond and Molecular Orbital Theories; Intermolecular Forces: Liquids and Solids; Spontaneous Change: Entropy and Gibbs Energy; Solutions and Their Physical Properties; Principles of Chemical Equilibrium; Acids and Bases; Additional Aspects of Acid-Base Equilibria; Solubility and Complex-Ion Equilibria; Electrochemistry; Chemical Kinetics; Chemistry of the Main-Group Elements 1: Groups 1, 2, 13, and 14; Chemistry of the Main-Group Elements ll: Groups 18, 17, 16, 15, and Hydrogen; The Transition Elements; Complex Ions and Coordination Compounds; Nuclear Chemistry; Structure of Organic Compounds; Reactions of Organic Compounds MARKET: Appropriate for 2-semester general chemistry classes